Look up

Love is looking up
Telling us always
Who to and where to go
Telling feet to point
In right direction
Or else stumble aside
It's the glorious view
From below that inspires
To keep going
Taking everyone with you
If eyes are glued
- Try it some time -
Wherever you look
Others look there too
So grateful to spy
A beautiful soul
Chin up to pinnacle
To show me how too

Last time

The last time I ever
Saw her face next to mine
My chilled fingers wiped
Warm tears from her eyes
Shed for another lost
Lover long ago
Sometimes it's shared losses
That waters new growth
If time lasts forever
We'd live in that moment
Rather than swimming
In thoughts of our own
Giving voice to our stories
Of long lost loved dears
On the seat right beside
Their bodies appear
While two are a couple
Absorbed in own world
A gaggle of lovers
Surround sound divide
So keep them in storage
Where they safely belong
Saved up for those moments
When long dates are done

Kaleidescope

Shape shifting countenance
Colours refracted over time
Telling me all I wish to hear
And yet only one line
Stands out from others
Unsolicited
Happy Solstice
How a mountain is revered
Upon holding a stone
Between my fingers
How tunnel vision
Peering through confetti
Glitter tattooed
Like spots appearing
After staring at the sun
When the view in front
Is clear and cool
As the wintry sky

Blue jumper

Queue a mile long
Take a number
Squeeze in front
Unprepared
Sending hugs
If you want one
A string of them
Woven into
Rainbow blanket
Embrace in case of
Feelings of isolation
Many more skeins
Held between
Two hands
Needing someone
To untangle
Loosen
Make sense of it
Never seeming
As handsome as
My favourite
Blue jumper
On you

Flower power

Smile like a flower
Absorbing light
Reflecting it back
To me on a cold
Dark night
In my mind's eye
When seeming alone
Listening for thiefs
Breaking in
Stealing my contentment
I think of your smile
My power to generate it
Reciprocate
Restores my own
Gives me sure step
Strength to carry on
This morning

Effervescent

Feeling frivolous 
Drowning in many words
I invite her in
To swim in the
Whitewash
Or else
She is too smart
Throw me a life ring
My bubbly personality
Giving me a hangover
Neurodivergent mother
Sweet as a soft drink
Filled with warm air
Drink sparingly

Whiteout

How our thoughts
Clouded by
Morning mist
Pervading sigh

Spilling whiteout
On a love note
Opportunity
Dissolves

Thief steals in
Dormer window
Just to fall
Two flights below

Invitation lost
Or expired last week
All refusals feared
Turning other cheek

Tell her everything
Never to her face
Conversation light
Lest she leave in haste

Swimming endlessly
In those two blue pools
Telling everyone
That we're playing cool

Let the eyes caress
That's a subtle tip
Never touch her face
Never kiss her lips

Such a high bar raised
Neck is craned above
Weary heart knows how
Not to be in love

The way you wear your hat

Always the simple things
My silver eye spies
Seeing you always
Makes my heart fly
The way it feels
Sitting next to you
The world spins
The other way
Or so it seems
Standing in the kitchen
The truest feeling
Like fresh baked cake
Deliciousness
The way you make
Me feel